STOMACH CURING PILL
This herbal wonder is a fixture in every Chinese medicine cabinet, and a must for world travellers.
INDICATIONS FOR USE: Nausea and/or headache due to, stomach "flu", over eating, hangover, unfamiliar diet, motion sickness, morning sickness, simple indigestion, etc.
SOURCE: Patent medicine which evolved from BaoHe Wan (Preserve Harmony Pill) which first appeared in The Teachings Of Zhu by Zhu Zheng Heng, 1481
TRADITIONAL USES: Reduces food stagnation, Sends rebellious stomach Qi downwards, Clears Heat, Dries Dampness.
Ingredients: Costus Root, Saussureae Radix - Mu Xiang.
Moves the Qi, Dissipates stagnant intestinal Qi, Alleviates
Pain aplotaxene, a-ionone, b-seline, saussurealactone, costunolide, camphnene, phellandrene
Angelica Root Angelica Dahurica, Bai Zhi
Expels Wind, Releases Surface, Alleviates Pain, Reduces
Swelling, Expels Dampness and Alleviates Discharge
Angelical, byakangelicol, imperatorin
Medicated Leaven, Massa Fermentata. Shen Qu
Dissolves Food,Transforms Accumulations, Aides Digestion
yeast, glycosides, vitamin B
Mint Leaf Mentha Folium: Bo He
Frees Constrained Qi, Clears the Head and Eyes,
DispersesWind Heat
menthol,camphene, limonene, pulegone
Citrus Peel - Citri Rubrum Exocarpum- Chen Pi
Moves the Qi, Strengthens Spleen, Dries Dampness, Directs
the QiDownward, Prevents Stagnation llimoline,isopropenyltoluene, elemene, copanene, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin C
Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemomi Flos, Ju Hua
Disperses Wind, Clears Heat from the Eyes,
Pacifies the Liver Adenine, choline, stachydrine, Vitamin B1
Ornamental Orchid - Gastrodia Rhiz - Tian Ma
Pacifies the Liver, Extiguishes Wind, Alleviates Pain,
Disperses Painful Obstruction
vannillyl, vanillin, alkaloids, vitamin A
Hoelin Mushroom - Poria Cocos: Fu Ling
Quiets the Heart, Calms the Spirit, Harmonizes the Middle,
Strengthens Stomach/Spleen B-pachyman, tumulosic acid, 3B-hydtoxylanosta-7, chitin, protein, lecithin
Job¹s Tears - Coicis Semen - Yi Yi Ren
Leaches our dampness, Strengthens Stomach/Spleen,
Clears Damp Heat, Reduces Diarrhea coixol, coixenolide, vitamin B1, leuciine,lysine
Magnolia Bark - Magnolia Cortex - Hou Po
Moves the Qi, Transforms Dampness, Resolves Stagnation,
Directs Rebellious QiDownward
magnolol, iso-magnolol, honokiol, machilol, eudesmol
Patchouli - Agastach Pogostemi, Huo Xiang
Transforms Dampness, Releases the Exterior, Harmonizes the Center, Expells Dampness
Methylchaviocol, anethole, anisaldehyde, d-limonene
White Atractylodis - Atractylodis Rx, Bai Zhu
Benefits the Qi, Stabilizes the Exterior, Strengthens the Spleen,Dries Dampness
atractylol, atractylon, vitamin A
Rice Sprout - Oryzae Germinantus - Gu Ya
Dissolves Food Stagnation, Strengthens Stomach
amylase, vitamin B
Kudzu Root - Pueraria Radix, Ge Gen
Clears Heat, Releases Muscles of Upper Body, Nourishes Fluids
Puerarin, puerarin-xyloside, daidzin, B-sitosterol